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When the Calgary Flames play host to the Chicago Blackhawks Saturday night (8 p.m., CBC, Sportsnet 960), it will be against a squad that’s been traipsing around and should be tired and easier to skate into the ground.

“We address it, but once the puck hits the ice, you have to take advantage of your chances and you have to put the team away,” said Flames head coach Bob Hartley after Saturday’s morning skate. “Whether they’re a great team, whether they’re an average team, they’re all NHL players.

“If one team knows you have to take advantage when you have the puck on your stick, it’s us. I feel we could have easily two or three more wins if we would have capitalized on our chances.

“But that’s the game of hockey.”

The Flames (1-3-1) are coming off an unacceptable 6-3 loss to the Colorado Avalanche Thursday night. The Avs were also playing their third game in four nights on the road — and struggling mightily, we may add — but the Flames failed to take advantage, not only of the situation but also of a multitude of scoring chances in the third period when it was a 3-3 game.

You’d think the Flames would vow to not let another opportunity pass them by.

“We have to move up,” said captain Jarome Iginla. “We haven’t played a lot of games, but now we’re going to play a ton and we have an opportunity to string a few wins together quickly.

“It’s not so much about them, having to keep our tempo high. It’s about getting a win.”

The Hawks lead the Central Division (6-0-2), but come to Calgary having lost games in Minnesota and Vancouver via shootout to start their road trip.

In anticipation, Hartley has reunited Iginla and Michael Cammalleri on a line with Alex Tanguay. Both Iginla and Cammalleri are yet to score a goal this season.

Iginla has been the more effective of the two, so it would seem Cammalleri is the one needing the bigger push.

“We all know he’s a proven veteran in this league,” Hartley said of Cammalleri. “He’s not happy with his game, it’s quite understandable. At the same time, it’s still very early in the season and we need those guys.

“He’s a gamebreaker. He’s a guy that can make the difference with one shot. We know he gets the puck on his stick, so it’s just a matter of staying on track.”

“We’d like to be better and producing for the team,” Iginla said. “Alex has had pretty strong play, switching positions, playing centre,

“There’s a balance. We need to be good defensively, but we also need to help out in the offensive side, too. Cammy and I would like to do that.”

For the Flames, defenceman Cory Sarich and forward Steve Begin are due to be the healthy scratches.

As for the Hawks, who didn’t skate after arriving in Calgary in the wee hours of the morning, there’s no word on the status of second-line centre David Bolland. He was slashed on the right ankle in the third period of Friday’s 2-1 shootout loss in Vancouver and didn’t return.

When the Calgary Flames play host to the Chicago Blackhawks Saturday night (8 p.m., CBC, Sportsnet 960), it will be against a squad that’s been traipsing around and should be tired and easier to skate into the ground.

“We address it, but once the puck hits the ice, you have to take advantage of your chances and you have to put the team away,” said Flames head coach Bob Hartley after Saturday’s morning skate. “Whether they’re a great team, whether they’re an average team, they’re all NHL players.

“If one team knows you have to take advantage when you have the puck on your stick, it’s us. I feel we could have easily two or three more wins if we would have capitalized on our chances.